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title: The greater part of the army, however, was composed of Arabs; but di… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The greater part of the army, however, was composed of Arabs; but differing greatly from the first rude hordes that enlisted under the banner of Mahomet. Who acts: first rude hordes. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter IX., with its dependency tree and the 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 7

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The greater part of the army, however, was composed of Arabs; but differing greatly from the first rude hordes that enlisted under the banner of Mahomet.

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**Who acts:** first rude hordes · **What happens:** compose, differ, enlist · **To what, where:** greater part, banner

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter IX.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first rude hordes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:10:7
# text = The greater part of the army, however, was composed of Arabs; but differing greatly from the first rude hordes that enlisted under the banner of Mahomet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	however	however	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	obl:agent	_	_
16	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	22	amod	_	_
21	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	hordes	horde	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	enlisted	enlist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	under	under	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	banner	banner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Mahomet	Mahomet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | past · passive |  | the greater part of the army |  |  |  | of Arabs; however *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 2 | **differ** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | from the first rude hordes; greatly *property* | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from horde=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **enlist** | past | the first rude hordes |  |  | the banner of Mahomet |  |  | vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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